Reply With QuoteDoubtfull if I'll miss this,it was much better in the early 90's. Never mind.
Frame.
UK pay TV operator BSkyB is to close male skewing entertainment channel Bravo and Channel One following the completion of its acquisition of the LivingTV Group from cabler Virgin Media Television. The pay broadcaster is to close Bravo because it airs extremely similar content to the Sky bouquet of channels. Current series including Sons of Anarchy and Spartacus: Blood and Sand will be distributed across Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3.
The News Corp-backed operator is expected to increase the programming budget for Living, which airs series including Grey's Anatomy and Britain's Next Top Model, by around 25%.
It will also close Channel One, the free-to-air channel that was previously known as Virgin1, and gameshow channel Challenge will move into the digital terrestrial slot.
Staff at LivingTV Group have been informed of the review, which is being carried out over the next couple of months by Sophie Turner Laing, managing director of entertainment, news and broadcast operations at BSkyB.
"Content is at the heart of Sky's strategy. Living is already one of the best pay TV channels around and is obviously a great fit with our existing channels like Sky1. There is so much potential for further development and we intend to increase the on-screen investment by around a quarter as part of our expanded channel portfolio. This is a big part of our plans to bring customers great content from channel brands that really cut through," said Turner Laing.
Doubtfull if I'll miss this,it was much better in the early 90's. Never mind.
Frame.
Well I hope another channel picks up TNA Wrestling as Sky wont be showing it, cos I'm sure the WWE has in their contract with Sky an exclusion condition ie dont show any of the opposition federations.
I certainly agree with frame69,Bravo won't be missed, well,not by me anyway. It promised so much in the late 80's and early 90's,but then went the way of all Sky channels...downhill, and rapidly at that.
All these extra channels want axing, not just Bravo. I long for the days when we only had three or four channels in total and if I was in charge of television, we'd go back to this.
I used to appear on Bravo, in the spoof guise of a TV 'expert', presenting themed evenings and popping up between programmes. Great fun. Then the station changed its format : dropped its re-runs and films and went all a bit sci-fi. Which was a shame, I thought...(obviously, as I wasn't included anymore!)
UK pay TV operator BSkyB is to close male skewing entertainment channel Bravo
Oh... male skewing
Phew... Thought I was missing out there for a moment.
You need to get out more, Larkin.......name='Moor Larkin' timestamp='1284727409' post='475096']
Oh... male skewing
Phew... Thought I was missing out there for a moment.
Bravo used to show the occasional rare cult SF/horrors stuff when it first started out but then changed content and I haven't watched it for years.
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Bravo used to show the occasional rare cult SF/horrors stuff when it first started out but then changed content and I haven't watched it for years.
Yes,same here. I couldn't tell you the last time I watched Bravo. I remember the "glory days" of the channel when they showed The Avengers (including the Blackman episodes) and the vast majority of the ITC action/adventure series. It was my favourite channel and then it changed to an all colour remit with crap films such as House of Whipchord on their agenda.
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